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Windows 8 touch screen interface and the Microsoft Touch Mouse In this edition of the Windows Desktop Report, Greg Shultz takes a look at the Microsoft Touch Mouse and discusses the ways in which it will help us to gradually move to the Windows 8 touch screen interface. Read more Resource of the day Test Drive Recovery Manager for Exchange Take Recovery Manager for Exchange for a "QuestDrive" today. You'll get to evaluate Recovery Manager for Exchange and explore how quickly and easily it restores Exchange data--and you don't have to download or install a thing. More from TechRepublic   Charlie Sheen could take lessons on what it means to be 'winning' from Microsoft TechRepublic blogger Donovan Colbert addresses a member's comment about Microsoft only resting on its laurels over the past 20 years. He takes a closer look at what Microsoft has really achieved. 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Read more Uncovering MokaFive BareMetal MokaFive, one of the companies Intel mentioned in its "Intelligent Desktop Virtualization" presentation (see Intel's concept for intelligent desktop virtualization for more information),... Read more RIM's conundrum: Convincing you to buy a BlackBerry 7.0 device? RIM will go from famine to feast with new product launches. However, RIM will now have BlackBerry OS 7 devices dangerously close to QNX superphones. Read more The guru facade: Internet marketing shams, flimflams and other BS I really, truly loathe charlatans and scammers; how about you? Join me in lambasting them all while also providing some things for people to look out for. Read more Facebook to release iPad app; rains on Friendly's parade It's almost impossible to believe but more than a year after the iPad's debut Facebook still hasn't released a native app for theàblockbuster Apple tablet. The official Facebook app for iOS... Read more Discover Case Study: Sprint Gains Better Control and Efficiency in IT Operations with Business Service Management Approach Sprint is doing applications and IT in a better way using Business Service Management. It's an on-going journey to simply and automate, reduce redundancy, and develop more agility. Read more Make money online, part 1: Introduction to Google AdSense Google AdSense provides arguably the easiest avenue to make money online. Learn about it here in the first post of my making money online series! Read more June 30: Judgment Day for Amazon's Kindle on Apple's App Store Time is running out for Amazon and other e-book sellers to comply with Apple's demands to implement in-app purchases by June 30, 2011. Read more Kobo's Wi-Fi eReader Touch arrives in Borders today, $130 Will a slightly cheaper, more open and social platform convince e-book lovers to buy a Kobo eReader Touch from Borders rather than a Nook Touch or Kindle Wi-Fi? Read more When games hit reality: Angry Birds Live Technology already exists to bring your favorite video game to the real world Read more Featured multimedia   Cracking Open the Samsung Series 5 Chromebook Bill Detwiler cracks open the Samsung Series 5 Chromebook. Inside the Chrome notebook, he found hardware from Samsung, SanDisk, Intel, and Qualcomm. View on site Today's recommended downloads Better Data Center Metrics (American Power Conversion (APC)) Test Drive Recovery Manager for Exchange (Quest Software) Performing Effective MTBF Comparisons for Data Center Infrastructure (American Power Conversion (APC)) Avoid the Hidden Costs of Upgrading Data Center Power Capacity (American Power Conversion (APC)) Allocating Data Center Energy Costs and Carbon to IT Users (American Power Conversion (APC))   About this newsletter The Tech Sanity Check newsletter gives you my picks for the top tech stories of the day on the people, products, and companies that are revolutionizing the planet. 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